Rim of vehicle-wheels.



PATENTED SEPT. 25, 1966. I

No. 831,586- n P. A. WILGUX.

RIM OP VBHIGLE WHEELS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, 1906.

R O T N E V m rrnrrnn FRANK ALBERT Vl lLUOI-i, Cal AKRQJ,

Specification of Le Application filed Jane M, 1905. Serial ll'o. S iff-56.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK ALBERT Wircox, a citizen of the United States, residing; at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented or discovered a. certrain new and useful Improvement in. Rims of Vehicle-Wheels, of which improvement the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the construction of rims for the Wheels of vehicles; and the object of In im' rovement is & tire-holning rim of the en J. type which will at once separable and secure. A wheel-rim of the G. and J. type is one which includes medial I5 Web and laterally-arranged flanges for en-- gaging and holding in position it tire applied thereto. The features thus generally dofined are illustrated. in the drawiu s presently to be referred to. Rims of this general character have heretofore been devised in which one or both of the flanges have been detachable from the web and secursble thereon.

Mylprsent invention Concerns such it rim with a detachable flange, but provided. "with securing means more efiioient than have heretofore been employed.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, Figur shows in side elevation, but with shown in section, '& wheel-rim embed my improvement with a tire applied thorei Fig. 2 is a view in transverse section and on larger scale through the rim and tire of Fig. 1, and Fi 3 shows in perspective, with'portions bro en sway, the several parts of the rim detached.

Parts which are repeated in the sev ures bear the some reference r'lmrzic each case.

As shown in the drawings, the rim consists 2, provided with lateral l with the Web of aweb portion flanges, flange 3 being integrn and flange 4 removable. This. fixing-re provided with a tongue 5, which doWnwerd-- i. 8., toward. the/hula oi the wheel to engage a corresponding groom formed in the edge of rim 2. The said tongue and groove are so formed. that the force Which in service is exerted upon the flange and which tendsto separate flange and web will be resisted by the meeting of tongue and groove in a plane substantially erpencliculsr to the direction of the force. lhis is best illustrated in Fig. 3. Tire l in service exerts an outward thrust upon. the flanges oi the rim ivhich engage it. The iil motion. 01 this turns indicated by arrow 'l.l'us force so directed. te n' to drI I is outward to draw the down tongue 5 from i roove 6 and b; movement to twi t the flange fro" tion. This torsional movement i. crted noon edge :1; as e center, ed: 'JO'VQ 6,) and while i i 1 t, as at c, that i removed, 'l engagement with web 2 of too rim.

' nvntion comer."

ncnt. ,Zis ungagcs (le- 1 d git-inking :05 come rt dram hie d longitudinally a l when the llenp i is in place the r'i'i d, and the iilmlliixg fixes of the (ill close (dill st. This s Ft feature of pmciio v no, ii i (lllllll'lZ-HPS :1. point of no wear 2 i rioi'zilion. When the ps are in place, rial are secured zi-gizinsl vvn fugiil @displa eement byeny preferred meansas, for-example,- a pin 11, passing through the said web and wall of groove 6 and intotlie body of tongue 5 at a pointadj'aeent to detent l0.

' I claim as my.invention- I in a rim fora vehicle-wheel includin a we goitio'n and a discontinuous remova le flange, 2 ton ue-and-groove enga ement of flange, 'notch-andetent engfigen'gent of said tongue and groove, such noteh andiletent engagement arranged ad- I lie-0on1, "to the opposite ends of said discontinuousring, and said notoh-and-detent engage- L )ment havmg inclined contacting. surfaces, 7 said means for securing sa d parts, substan- -=eniivse described.

2. In a run for a vehicle-Wheel, including a Web portion and a discontinuous removable flange, a tongue formed on the flange and a corresponding groove formed on said web portion, notches formed in said tongue of the flange adjacent to opposite ends'thereof with outer faces inclined, and correspondinglyshaped detents formed in said groove, and

means for securing said parts, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto. set

my hand.

FRANK ALBERT W'ILCOX. VVitn esses OnAnLEs BARNETT, J. HERBERT BRADLEY. 

